Tallahassee Open

The Tallahassee Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1969 to 1989. It was played at Killearn Country Club in Tallahassee, Florida.

It was founded in 1969 as the Tallahassee Open Invitational. From 1983 to 1985, it was part of the PGA Tour's "Tournament Players Series", a "satellite tour". The purse for the 1989 tournament was $750,000 with 135,000 going to the winner.

The 1974 tournament featured the highest round scores in PGA history by a player who made the 36-hole cut. Mike Reasor severely injured himself horse riding between the second and third rounds. Needing to complete the tournament in order to gain an exemption for the Byron Nelson Classic, Reasor played the final two rounds using only a 5-iron and swinging using just one arm, recording scores of 123 and 114.[1]

From 1990 to 1992, Killearn Country Club hosted a LPGA Tour event by the same name.

Winners
1987–89 (official PGA Tour event)
YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
Centel Classic
1989Bill Britton United States200−164 strokes Ronnie Black
1988Bill Glasson United States272−162 strokes Tommy Armour III
1987Keith Clearwater United States278−101 stroke Bill Glasson
Billy Kratzert
Bob Lohr
Joey Sindelar
1983-86 (satellite event)

Tallahassee Open

1969–82 (official PGA Tour event)
YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
Tallahassee Open
1982Bob Shearer Australia272−161 stroke Hal Sutton
Denis Watson
1981Dave Eichelberger United States271−17Playoff Bob Murphy
Mark O'Meara
1980Mark Pfeil United States277−111 stroke Mark Lye
Bill Rogers
1979Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States269−193 strokes Lindy Miller
1978Barry Jaeckel United States273−15Playoff Bruce Lietzke
1977Ed Sneed United States276−12Playoff Lon Hinkle
1976Gary Koch United States277−111 stroke John Mahaffey
1975Rik Massengale United States274−142 strokes Spike Kelley
Bert Yancey
1974Allen Miller United States274−141 stroke Joe Inman
Eddie Pearce
Dan Sikes
1973Hubert Green United States277−111 stroke Jim Simons
1972Bob Shaw Australia273−152 strokes Leonard Thompson
Tallahassee Open Invitational
1971Lee Trevino United States273−153 strokes Jim Wiechers
1970Harold Henning South Africa277−111 stroke Rives McBee
1969Chuck Courtney United States282−61 stroke Jacky Cupit
Bert Greene
Bob Shaw

References
  1. Kelley, Brent. "Mike Reasor, the PGA Tour Player Who Scored 93-Over Par". About.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.


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